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Marcus Garvey
Quotes
"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots"
"The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness"
"Unite all people of African ancestry of the world to one great body to establish a country and absolute government of their own" |
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Marcus Garvey's Legacy
"Everytime you see another nation on the African continent become independent you know that Marcus Garvey is alive. It was Marcus garvey's philosophy of Pan-Africanism that initiated the entire freedom movement, which brought about the independence of African nations. And had it not been for Marcus Garvey and the foundations laid by him, you would find no independent nations in the Caribbean today...All of the freedom movement that is taking place right here in America today was initiated by the work and teachings of Marcus Garvey."-
Malcolm X (1925-1965)
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Marcus Garvey's Legacy
"Marcus Garvey was the first man of colour in the history of the United States to lead and develop a mass movement. He was the first man on a mass scale, and level, to give millions of Negros a sense of dignity and destiny, and make the Negro feel that he was somebody."
Martin Luther King Jnr (1929-1968)
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Marcus Garvey's Legacy
"Long before many of us were even conscious of our own degradation, Marcus Garvey fought for African national and racial equality. I think that of all the literature I studied, the book that did more than any other to fire my enthusiasm was the Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey published by his wife."
Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972), First President of Ghana
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Marcus Garvey's Legacy
"In 1921, Kenyan nationalists, unable to read, would gather round a reader of Garvey's newspaper, The Negro World and listen to an article two or three times. Then they would run various ways through the forest, carefully to repeat th whole, which they had memorized, to African hungry for some doctrine which lifted them from the servile consciousness in which Africans lived."
Jomo Kenyatta (1889?-1978), First President of Kenya
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Marcus Garvey's Legacy
"It is on the very question of Garvey that most work needs to be done in the educational and cultural spheres... African youth in Jamaica today are waging a struggle in their own way against ignorance, unemployment and starvation. They will immediately understand how Garvey's thoughts and deeds relate to their own way of life and they themselves will create new methods of dealing with the oppressors."
Walter Rodney (1942-1980), Scholar, Pan-Africanist, Political Activist of Guyana
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Marcus Garvey's Legacy
"When you bear in mind the slenderness of his resources, the vast material forces and the pervading social conceptions which automatically sought to destroy him, his achievement remains one of the propagandistic miracles of this century. Garvey found the cause of people of African descent not so much neglected as unworthy of consideration. In little more than half of ten years he made it a part of the political consciousness of the world"
C.L.R James (1901-1989), Trinidadian Scholar, Pan-Africanist, Political Activist
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Marcus Garvey's Legacy
"I think the reason why people don't see Marcus Garvey that often is because of what he was standing for -- equal rights and justice for one and all, all colour, all race, all religion. Garvey was there before Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and Elijah Mohammed. He was an outstanding person, that is why is philosophy lives on"
Winston Rodney aka Burning Spear, Reggae Musician of Jamaica
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Greetings
Black History Studies in association with the Marcus Garvey Library have organised some amazing educational film screenings and a quiz night to celebrate the 126th anniversary of the birth of Marcus Mosiah Garvey (17 August 1887).
"Unite, organise now or perish!" - Marcus Garvey
These FREE events have been selected to inspire, challenge and to provoke serious thought and discussion.
Please see below for details of our upcoming events in celebration of Marcus Garvey:
- Saturday 17th August 2013 - Film Screening: Marcus Garvey: A Giant of Black Politics and Cabinet Launch and Quiz
- Friday 23rd August 2013 - Film Screening: The Promised Ship
- Friday 30th August 2013- Film Screening: Marcus Garvey: Look for Me In the Whirlwind
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Marcus Garvey:
A Giant of Black Politics
Cabinet Launch & Quiz
Saturday 17th August 2013
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This film traces his early successes in organising West Indian contract labour, to the phenomenal rise of his Universal Negro Improvement Association, which took America by storm in the 1920s. Marcus Garvey was a victim of his own success - he threatened the establishment enough for the FBI to infiltrate the organisation via COINTELPRO. After his imprisonment he returned to Jamaica, then went to London, where he died aged 53.
A giant of Black politics and the key philosopher of Black pride, his story is told by activist Mariamne Samad, UNIA members Roy Carson and Ruth Prescott and commentators Vivian Durham, Beverly Hamilton, Prof Rupert Lewis, Prof David Garrow and Sam Clayton. The documentary has a specially performed soundtrack by the legendary Mystic Revelation of Rastafari band.
After the screening, there will be a fun quiz on the life of Marcus Garvey.
On the night Black History Studies will be unveiling a new display cabinet donated by Black History Studies to the library.
This event will take place on SATURDAY 17TH AUGUST 2013 from 6.00pm to 9.00pm.
Doors open at 5.30pm. The documentary will start at 6pm sharp! Hot food will be on sale.
Admission is FREE. Donations would be appreciated.
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Hot Food and Refreshments will be on sale.
The event will be held at the Marcus Garvey Library, Tottenham Green Centre, 1 Phillip Lane, Tottenham, London, N15 4JA.
Nearest Tube: Seven Sisters Station. Nearest Mainline: Bruce Grove Station. Buses: 123, 149, 230, 243, 259, 279, 318, 341, 349, 476, W4. Parking available on site
Places for the film screenings are limited so if you are interested in attending please reply as soon as possible to acknowledge your place. Please confirm via email info@blackhistorystudies.com on how many of you will be attending this event Please can you also notify any cancellations made after confirmation.
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Marcus Garvey:
The Promised Ship
Friday 23rd August 2013
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The Promised Ship is a documentary that follows the oral history of the Black Star Line, a maritime venture undertaken by Marcus Garvey, the leader of the first massive Black Power movement of the 20th Century. The Black Star Line was a steamship line intended to bring Black people across the Atlantic in search of their lost homelands.
The old townspeople of Limon in Costa Rica recall the impact this adventure had on the banana barons and workers of the time. There will be a discussion after the screening. Bring a pen! This event will take place on FRIDAY 23RD AUGUST 2013 from 7.00pm to 9.30pm. Doors open at 7pm. The screening will start at 7.30pm. Admission is FREE. Donations would be appreciated. . Hot food and refreshments will be on sale. The event will be held at the Marcus Garvey Library, Tottenham Green Centre, 1 Phillip Lane, Tottenham, London, N15 4JA.
Nearest Tube: Seven Sisters Station. Nearest Mainline: Bruce Grove Station. Buses: 123, 149, 230, 243, 259, 279, 318, 341, 349, 476, W4. Parking available on site Places for the film screenings are limited so if you are interested in attending please reply as soon as possible to acknowledge your place. Please confirm via email info@blackhistorystudies.com how many of you will be attending this event Please can you also notify any cancellations made after confirmation. |
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Marcus Garvey:
Look for Me in the Whirlwind
Friday 30th August 2013
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Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind is a controversial documentary which uses a wealth of archival footage, photographs and documents to uncover the story of this Jamaican immigrant who between 1916 and 1921 built what was the largest Black mass movement in World History.
The screening will be followed by a question and answers where we will address the film and the factual inaccuracies highlighted by his son Julius W. Garvey, M.D.
There will be a discussion after the screening. Bring a pen! This event will take place on FRIDAY 30th AUGUST 2013 from 7.00pm to 9.30pm. Doors open at 7pm. The screening will start at 7.30pm. Admission is FREE. Donations would be appreciated. . Hot food and Refreshments will be on sale. The event will be held at the Marcus Garvey Library, Tottenham Green Centre, 1 Phillip Lane, Tottenham, London, N15 4JA.
Nearest Tube: Seven Sisters Station. Nearest Mainline: Bruce Grove Station. Buses: 123, 149, 230, 243, 259, 279, 318, 341, 349, 476, W4. Parking available on site Places for the film screenings are limited so if you are interested in attending please reply as soon as possible to acknowledge your place. Please confirm via email info@blackhistorystudies.com how many of you will be attending this event Please can you also notify any cancellations made after confirmation. |
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Regards
Charmaine Simpson
Chief Executive
Black History Studies
Educating the community to educate themselves
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